Author summary
85% 4 analyzed articles/videos 5,921 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cathy Young results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 18.2% saturation with 4,301 hits . Analysis detected 28,322 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,684 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 56% (3,917 of 8,803 authors). This Cathy Young is worse (more manipulative) than 55.50% of the peer group. Cathy Young
Author details
Total words: 23,684
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
56% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 55.5% percentile 2.4% BS Score4 analyzed articles23.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.7% 7.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 18.2% 18.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.9% 4.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 13.3% 13.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.5% 2.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 5.3% 5.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.1% 1.1% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Author 7.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 13.3%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 18.2%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 5.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 5.3%, sitewide 1.1% Anecdotal: Author 3.3%, sitewide 5.2% Ad Hominem: Author 5.2%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 2.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst